Archive guide
Declassified documents
A declassified record is not a public document like any other: it is something somebody decided should not be read, and that today can be read. This page explains the differences between the terms in use — declassified, desecretato, FOIA, unsealed — and indexes the records of this kind that Unclessify has made readable.
Four words that are not synonyms
Declassified
A record created under a security classification — confidential, secret, top secret — from which the originating authority has since removed that classification. The text may arrive with passages withheld: the redactions stay visible as such.
Desecretato
The Italian term for the same act: the secrecy covering a record is lifted. It appears most often for the papers of parliamentary commissions of inquiry and for judicial files.
FOIA release
Not necessarily classified: simply never published. It becomes public because somebody formally asked, often after years and sometimes after an appeal. A reasoned refusal is itself a document.
Unsealed
This concerns court papers: an indictment or an order stays under seal while an operation is running, and becomes public when the judge so orders.
What this archive holds
As this page was built the archive holds 72 records classified as declassified, from 51 distinct sources, with documents dated between 1998 and 2026.
- 35 document
- 18 investigation
- 8 reportage
- 6 sentence
- 5 news
The count is derived from the catalogue at every build, not written by hand: if the archive grows, this page grows with it. The label is assigned only when a record states its own provenance — a declassification, a FOIA release, an unsealing — or when it comes from a declassification archive. A record born public, however authoritative, does not receive it.
Archive by archive
WikiLeaks (6)
National Archives (4)
The Black Vault (4)
- Inside The Pentagon’s “Release” Of Three UFO Videos - The Black Vault
- UFOs: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Collection - The Black Vault
- U.S. Navy Says ALL UAP/UFO Videos Are Classified And Exempt From Release - The Black Vault
- June 2021 Classified UAP / UFO Report Given to Congress Partially Released - The Black Vault
The Black Vault — archivio documenti desecretati (4)
- Cold War Interrogation Directives Unveiled in Revised KUBARK Declassification
- Institutional Channels and Oceanic Oversight: The Paper Trail of UAP Inquiries at NOAA
- Decades of Domestic Surveillance: Mapping the Scope of Declassified FBI Intelligence Files
- Classification Walls and Internal Resistance: Declassified Oversight Records on Pentagon UAP Inquiries
Unclessify Investigative Desk (3)
All-domain Anomaly Resolution Office (3)
ODNI (3)
U.S. Department of Justice (2)
Sources with a single record (43)
- Declassified Dossier: Operation Gladio, NASCO Bunkers, and Cold War Stay-Behind Networks — Fonte di Approfondimento Investigativo Validata (CIA FOIA Electronic Reading Room / Archivio Senato)
- FOIA Dossier: Full Declassified Files of CIA Project Stargate and Military Cognitive Intelligence — The Black Vault / National Archives Declassification
- 2022 Annual Report on Unidentified Aerial Phenomena — Office of the Director of National Intelligence
- Eni-Nigeria OPL 245 Corruption Scandal & Declassified Asset Records — Tribunale di Milano e Perizie Finanziarie Giudiziarie
- Bologna 1980 Massacre: Judicial Chronology and P2-NAR Financial Tracks — Corte d'Assise di Bologna e Commissione Parlamentare d'Inchiesta
- Operation Gladio: NATO Stay-Behind Secret Network in Italy Declassified — Atti Parlamentari della Repubblica Italiana e Archivio Storico NATO
- Piazza Fontana 1969: Historical Investigation and State Deviations — Tribunale di Milano e Archivi Giudiziari Storici
- Terra dei Fuochi: Illegal Toxic Waste Dumping & Camorra Ecocriminal Cartels — Direzione Distrettuale Antimafia di Napoli e Guardia di Finanza
- 'Ndrangheta European Ports Infiltration: Cocaine Routes in Gioia Tauro & Antwerp — Direzione Nazionale Antimafia (DNA) ed Europol
- Vatican London Property Trial: Sloane Avenue Financial Fraud Verdict — Tribunale dello Stato della Città del Vaticano
- SISMI-Telecom Italia Dossier Scandal: Illegal Domestic Wiretapping Archives — Procura della Repubblica di Milano
- Ustica DC-9 Disaster 1980: Radar Telemetry Declassifications & French Base Analysis — Ordinanza Giudice Istruttore Rosario Priore e Atti Aeronautica Militare
- Banca Popolare di Vicenza & Veneto Banca: Forensic Banking Audit of Fraudulent Shares — Banca d'Italia e Sentenze del Tribunale di Vicenza
- Operation Rinascita-Scott: Maxi-Trial Dismantling the Mancuso 'Ndrangheta Clan — DDA di Catanzaro e Tribunale di Vibo Valentia
- P2 Masonic Lodge Parliamentary Inquiry: Anselmi Commission Secret Findings — Commissione Parlamentare d'Inchiesta sulla Loggia Massonica P2
- Mani Pulite Tangentopoli: Swiss Bank Accounts & Political Kickback Networks — Pool Mani Pulite di Milano e Rogatorie Bancarie Svizzere
- Dubai Unlocked Italy: Luxury Real Estate Laundering by Camorra and 'Ndrangheta — IRPI Media, OCCRP e Unità di Informazione Finanziaria (UIF)
- Pegasus and Paragon Spyware in Italy: Target Analysis of Journalists and Executives — Citizen Lab, IRPI Media e Relazioni COPASIR
- Mafia Capitale Rome Municipal Bid-Rigging: Wiretaps and Judicial Verdicts — Procura di Roma e Corte Suprema di Cassazione
- Chinese Underground Banking in Prato & Milan: Money Laundering Cartels — Guardia di Finanza (SCICO) e DDA di Firenze
- ANAC Hospital Procurement Rigging in Lombardy: Whistleblower Dossiers — Autorità Nazionale Anticorruzione (ANAC) e Procura di Milano
- Sanctioned Russian Oligarchs in Tuscany: Sequestration of Villas and Vineyards — Comitato di Sicurezza Finanziaria e Guardia di Finanza
- Arms Smuggling to Libya: The Italian-Syrian Maritime Network Intercepted — Operazione EUNAVFOR MED IRINI e Procura di Catania
- CIA Vault 7 Hacking Architecture & Declassified Zero-Day Cyber Arsenal — Declassified Congressional Reports & Forensic Analysis
- EPPO €520M Operation Admiral: The Historic EU VAT Carousel Fraud Takedown — European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO)
- DOJ Glencore Foreign Corrupt Practices Act: $1.1B Global Bribery Plea Agreement — US Department of Justice (DOJ) & UK Serious Fraud Office (SFO)
- ICJ South Africa v. Israel Genocide Convention Case: The Formal Orders & Evidence — International Court of Justice (ICJ) Official Registry
- NSA PRISM & Upstream Surveillance: Declassified FISA Court Rulings — Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) & ODNI
- The Black Vault Project STARGATE: CIA Remote Viewing Declassified Records — The Black Vault FOIA Archive & CIA CREST Database
- OCCRP Suisse Secrets: Credit Suisse Accounts of Dictators and Smugglers — Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) & Süddeutsche Zeitung
- ICIJ Pandora Papers: Offshore Shells and Shadow Real Estate of Global Leaders — International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ)
- MH17 Shootdown Forensic Telemetry: Buk 332 Convictions in The Hague — District Court of The Hague & Joint Investigation Team (JIT)
- Operation Condor: Declassified State Department Human Rights Records — US State Department FOIA Release & Rome Court of Assizes
- Operation Car Wash (Lava Jato): Brazil's Petrobras Transnational Bribery Web — Federal Prosecution Service of Brazil & US DOJ
- Russian Shadow Tanker Fleet: Maritime Sanctions Evasion in the Baltic Sea — Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air (CREA) & Lloyd's List Intelligence
- Sinaloa Cartel Fentanyl Supply Chain: Chinese Precursor Networks & US Indictments — US Department of Justice & Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
- FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar Bribery: Swiss and US Department of Justice Indictments — Eastern District of New York (EDNY) & Swiss Federal Prosecution
- Cytrox Predator Spyware: The European Investigation into Government Abuse — European Parliament PEGA Committee & Citizen Lab
- South China Sea Reclamation: Satellite Chronology of Militarized Reefs — Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS AMTI) & Permanent Court of Arbitration
- Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage: Multi-Agency Maritime Telemetry & Explosives Residue — Federal Prosecutor General of Germany & Swedish Maritime Authorities
- Wirecard AG Collapse: €1.9B Missing Escrow Balance & BND Intelligence Ties — Munich Public Prosecutor's Office & Bundestag Inquiry
- Boeing 737 MAX MCAS Concealment: FAA Certification & DOJ Deferred Prosecution — US Department of Justice & US House Transportation Committee
- Declassified CIA MKUltra Program: The Subproject 68 Behavioral Experiments — US Senate Church Committee & Declassified CIA Archives